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[iaoa-education] Consolidation of issues

To: IAOA Education Committee <iaoa-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Dr.Adam M.Goldstein PhD MSLIS <z_californianus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:32:27 -0400
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Some points that our discussion has come back to several times:    (01)

1. Model for lexicon entries (general agreement).
        Entries ought to be short (500 words at most)
        They ought to disambiguate;
        They ought to contain examples from the literature, web, etc., of the 
term in use.    (02)

2. Scope of the lexicon (strongly-felt views that conflict)
        Scope should include terms defined elsewhere unambiguously for 
beginners, 
                creation of a common reference point for discussion.
OR
        Scope should be limited to terms about which there is ambiguity or are 
for 
                other reasons difficult to define.    (03)

3. Crowd-sourcing (differences articulated)
        Open discussion up to all of IAOA membership
OR
        Restrict discussion to members of the lexicon working group    (04)

4. Availability of product (not discussed in depth)
        Issues:
                A. ``Open source,'' or, more likely, GNU FDL or some Creative 
Commons license
                        -> Presumably, unrestricted access
                B. Restricted to IAOA members: access requires a member ID 
login.
                        -> Issue then of what license the restricted lexicon 
will be offered under
                        -> Another issue: how will lexicon serve as a general 
resource for resolving ambiguities
                                etc., if access to it is restricted to 
membership    (05)

Suggested course of action for the present:
        1. Proceed with short entries as described in 1 above.
        2. Start work on the more difficult terms, as everyone agrees that 
these need to be included in the lexicon
        3. Collaborate amongst one another until a substantial number of terms 
have been defined, then 
                address licensing & access issues.    (06)

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